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The Best Of Depeche Mode Volume 1
Music For The Masses
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Life And Times
Greatest Hits
Black Celebration
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The Singles 86-98 Reviews
Between the 2 discs there's about 8 songs I like, and I skip all the rest. I bought this about 5 years ago. I found a few gems I hadn't heard before that I really like, but all in all it really wasn't worth what it costs. I hated the remix of In Your Room on this disc; the original was MUCH better.
The first disc runs just under 42 minutes the second 55 1/2 minutes. There's one previously unreleased track, "Only When I Lose Myself". Some of the tracks here are different from the original album versions. It's a true testament to their longevity. I first purchased this album on double-length cassette when it came out almost ten years ago and it's still one of my favorites. Whether you're a die hard fan or just a casual one, this will be a great addition.
Even if you had all five of them, this is still an essential collection. One noteworthy omission was "But Not Tonight" which in the US was flipped with the "Stripped" single. "Little 15" from "Music For The Masses" seems a little out of place near the end of the collection but it was only released as a single in France. This great compilation covers the albums "Black Celebration" through "Ultra". The album ends with a live version of "Everything Counts" from the 1989 live "101".
Hi, i'm a new fan of Depech Mode. This was an excellent album to get my listening collection started. Highly recommended.
The songs are all re-mastered here, and the treat for casual fans is you get to see the lyrics to ALL of the songs in here in the liner notes. You could also look for a used copy of the single (or if you prefer, the sixth or so singles box set) where you can hear the Dan the Automator remix, which is possibly better than the track in here. "Barrel of a Gun" and "Little 15" are not personal favorites of mine but work fine enough in this collection. These songs are more than worth buying "The Singles 86>98," and not only that, this isn't a bad first move for your collection of the band. This was the real creative peak for the band.
Oh, and look at the price that Amazon's currently selling this at; if that's not a reason you should be getting this already then I don't know what would be. You'll listen to this album and it's no coincidence they have an album called Music for the Masses. The band's albums are ALL good, but they work well as a singles band too. Sure, Beatles fans would stone me to death for that one, but DM were influential and popular as well. Even the "lower" moments from the group are stuff that most bands wish their finest material could live up to be. They influenced many a goth/industrial act as well as popularized electronic music, and it's not just that, the songs are pretty catchy on the whole. It's a more mellow track from the group and I think it works fine.
This compilation uses the versions of the songs used as A-sides, so some of the mixes are different than you might remember them. There is only one new song here, "Only When I Lose Myself" and that one is pretty good. There is real emotion to the tracks and this collection, as well as the band selling out the Rose Bowl in Pasedena were things that they used to successfully bite tongues of the classic rock fans. It's rock and only occasionally feels really rock ("I Feel You"), and while it's dark it is never really whiny or overly depressing. Feeling nostalgic. Look no further than this compilation and if not you can sell it; many people will probably want it anyhow.
"Behind the Wheel," "In Your Room" and "A Question of Time" play in different versions than on the respective albums that they originate. This makes a nice additions for the bigger fans like myself, and young ones like myself who find it hard to get their hands on every last single and box set of the group. Want to hear a catalog of a really great band's music. Oh, for the people who are already fans, all that's worth mentioning is that classics like "Stripped," "Strangelove," "Personal Jesus," "Enjoy the Silence," "I Feel You," "It's No Good" and "Home" are here.
Policy of Truth. Never Let Me Down Again. Barrel of Gun. Depeche Mode does their brand of electronic music very well, with songs that are catchy and stick in the head and are a few times even emotionally evocative.
If you like sythesizer, you'll like this. This is a 2-disc compilation, with the first disc being the stronger one, probably cuz it's the one with the radio hits. World in My Eyes. Disc 2 meritorious melodies:. Everything Counts. But the second disc definitely has some gems too.
Enjoy the Silence. Personal Jesus. Good stuff on disc 1:. It's No Good.
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